has anyone used benq `1600 16x drive?

[shimman]

i am considering to buy 1600 because i can get it for 80usd including tax but last 820 (or was it 822) review was not impressive; though k's probe scan was good the cd/dvd speed's reading test was not, so i like to know how well 1600 is performing & like to see plextools scans & cd/dvd reading scans

thanks

[Wesociety]

You can find many Kprobe scans of discs burnt with the 1600 in the Cdfreaks BenQ forum.

[shimman]

thanks wesociety for your advise

[Dartman]

Mine seems to make good copies so far depends on the media and speed like any drive but they keep releasing firmwares and the quality of most burns is very good.,

[shimman]

thanks dartman for your input

when i read review from cdrinfo.com, it seemed that 712a scan & 811s scans did not agree at all, i am more inclined to belive 712a scans but who knows which is more right. what i want to see is read speed test using 712a because 712a has poor error correction, so if 712a can read to the max without problem i consider the burn a good burn

anyhow, i just ordered it for the hack of it....who know it might be upgradable to 4x dl writing (1630)

i will post some scans to cdfreaks forum since i don't have any personal web site space

[uknown1234]

check these scans out
I have used philip c08 @4x 8x 12x & cmc mag f01@4x
all have been of very good quality burns.
http://forums.speedlabs.org/index.php/topic,631.0

dl burn was good aswell, posted in same forum different thread

[Dartman]

S33K3R you are the unknown